Background: Various preventive measures and treatment methods exist to prevent paraplegia during thoracic aortic surgery. Postoperative cerebrospinal fluid drainage (CSFD) is one of the treatment options when paraplegia occurs. This study aimed to evaluate the neurological efficacy of postoperative CSFD in patients undergoing thoracic aortic and thoracoabdominal aortic surgery.
Methods: We analyzed perioperative data from 85 patients who underwent perioperative CSFD for thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic surgery between January 2006 and December 2022, focusing on neurological changes. A total of 61 patients (72%) received preoperative CSFD, and 24 patients (28%) received postoperative CSFD. Perioperative neurological data were analyzed with a focus on perioperative changes.
Results: In the postoperative CSFD group, the manual muscle test (MMT) score before CSFD was 0.8, that just after CSFD was 2.4, and that at discharge was 3.0. Therefore, postoperative CSFD improved MMT scores compared with preoperative CSFD. The mean time between surgery completion and postoperative CSFD implantation was 9.8 hours. However, 6 (25%) of the patients who developed postoperative paraplegia and underwent early postoperative CSFD remained paraplegic without any improvement. In the preoperative CSFD group, there was only one case (2%) of postoperative paraplegia.
Conclusions: Postoperative CSFD improved the neurological prognosis of individuals undergoing thoracic aortic and thoracoabdominal aortic surgery. However, 25% of the patients remained paraplegic despite postoperative CSFD.
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